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==History==
The origins of the school lie in the '''Bureau of Educational Experiments''', which was established in 1916 by [[Lucy Sprague Mitchell]], her husband [[Wesley Clair Mitchell]], and [[Harriet Merrill Johnson]]; Lucy Mitchell's cousin [[Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge]] provided financial support.{{r|anb|dab|}} The bureau was intended to foster research into, and development of, experimental and [[progressive education]], and was influenced by the thinking of [[Edward Thorndike]] and [[John Dewey]], both of whom Mitchell had studied with at [[Columbia University]]. The bureau was run by a council of twelve members, but Mitchell was its most influential figure until the 1950s.{{r|anb}} The name of the institution derives from its 1930–1971 location at 69 Bank Street in Greenwich Village.<ref>
In 1919 the bureau started a [[nursery school]] for children from fifteen to thirty-six months old; Harriet Johnson was the director. The school fed in to the [[City and Country School|Play School]] for three- to seven-year-olds run by [[Caroline Pratt (educator)|Caroline Pratt]]; eight-year-olds were taught in a special class by members of the bureau.{{r|anb}}
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In 1958, the college received a $1,000,000 grant from the [[Department of Health, Education and Welfare]] for a five-year study on how schools for younger children could improve mental health development.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1958/10/02/archives/educator-to-direct-kindergarten-group.html?searchResultPosition=10 "Educator to Direct Kindergarten Group"] – ''New York Times'', October 2, 1958</ref>
The personal computer word processing application [[Bank Street Writer]] (1981) was developed by the college and marketed to school and home computer markets. Its brand extension [[Bank Street Music Writer]] (1985) was a music composition application.
Doug Knecht is the current Dean of Children's Programs and Head of the School for Children.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Doug Knecht|url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/about-bank-street/staff/doug-knecht/|access-date=2021-02-21|publisher=Bank Street College of Education|language=en-US}}</ref>
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==== Head Start ====
It is one of about hundred schools in the Manhattan area which participate in the national [[Head Start Program]] of the Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center of the [[U.S. Department of Health & Human Services]].<ref>[https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/grantee-profiles/bank_street_college_of_education_ny Bank Street College of Education - 02CH010795]. Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center, [[U.S. Department of Health & Human Services]]. Accessed February 2020.</ref>
== Bank Street School for Children ==
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===Graduate school===
*[[Bill Ayers]], militant activist and educator
*[[Lee Bennett Hopkins]], educator, poet, author, and anthologist
*[[Claudine K. Brown]], director at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], museum educator, artist
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* Ben Lerer, CEO Thrillist Media Group<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-25|title=School for Children Alum, Ben Lerer, Featured in The New York Times – Morningside Area Alliance|url=https://morningside-alliance.org/uncategorized/school-for-children-alum-ben-lerer-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2/|access-date=2021-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025020740/https://morningside-alliance.org/uncategorized/school-for-children-alum-ben-lerer-featured-in-the-new-york-times-2/|archive-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Angelica Page]], actress and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Dennis|title=Angelica Torn, the daughter of Rip Torn and Geraldine Page, forges her own stage path|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/angelica-torn-the-daughter-of-rip-torn-and-geraldine-page-forges-her-own-stage-path/Content?oid=2491686|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Riverfront Times|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Ally Sheedy]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ally Sheedy|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000639/bio|access-date=2021-08-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>▼
* [[Shuwanza Goff]], Deputy Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs for President Joe Biden<ref>{{Cite web|first=Adam|last=Parker|title=Shuwanza Goff, with Georgetown roots, to join President-elect Biden's White House staff|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/news/local_state_news/shuwanza-goff-with-georgetown-roots-to-join-president-elect-bidens-white-house-staff/article_992653c4-2f52-11eb-a5ca-570acd913952.html|access-date=2021-08-09|website=Post and Courier|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Purva Bedi]], actress
▲* [[Ally Sheedy]], actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ally Sheedy|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000639/bio|access-date=2021-08-09|website=IMDb}}</ref>
==References==
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<ref name=dab>[https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310007353/GPS?u=wikipedia&sid=GPS&xid=9653d1a7 Lucy Sprague Mitchell]. In: John Arthur Garraty, Mark C. Carnes (editors) (1988). [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00garr/page/n9 ''Dictionary of American Biography'', supplement eight: 1966-1970]. New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons; London: Collier Macmillan Publishers. {{isbn|9780684186184}}. {{subscription required}}.</ref>
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==Further reading==
* Fisher, Patricia, and Anne Perryman. "A brief history: Bank street college of education." (2000) [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=books online].
* Nager, Nancy, and Edna Shapiro. "A progressive approach to the education of teachers: Some principles from Bank Street College of Education." ''Occasional Paper Series'' (2007) #18 [https://educate.bankstreet.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1169&context=occasional-paper-series online]
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